Rally & Press Conference @ 10:30, Upper Mall of the State Capitol
Endorsed by MN Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel, Women Against Military Madness, Anti-War Committee, and Middle East Peace Now, and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)

On July 24, 2014 at a gathering of self-proclaimed “Israel supporters” Governor Dayton, Chair of the MN State Board of Investment (SBI), stated “I [express] my support of the people of Israel in defending themselves…” (StarTribune, 7/24/14)

That same day, Israel bombed a UNRWA School in Gaza that was being used as a shelter, leaving 15 dead and 200 injured, mostly women and children.

In regards to Israel’s assault on Gaza from July 8 to August 26, 2014, during which 2,139 people were killed, including 490 children, Human Rights Watch stated “Israel’s military is responsible for major war crimes in Gaza, including the civilian death toll and a massive destruction of infrastructure. There is almost no water and no electricity, only a few medicines are available.”

YET THE MN SBI CHOOSES TO INVEST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ISRAEL IN VIOLATION OF ITS OWN HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDELINES.

IT’S ELECTION SEASON, MN. YOUR VOICE & YOUR VOTE MATTER. JOIN US TO DEMAND THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE AND DIVEST FROM ISRAEL BONDS IMMEDIATELY. IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

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Introducing the Campaign

We are Palestinians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, students, professionals, parents, community members and allies working together to bring Palestine-centric education to Minnesota in order to promote justice and human rights.

We believe:

We, the people of Minnesota, have the moral obligation to make sound investments that will not aid the oppression of any one race, creed or people. Minnesota’s investment in Israel supports an apartheid system in both Israel and the Occupied Territories that causes thousands of civilian deaths, many of whom are children, and which involves the widespread abuse of human rights. This system defies a ruling by the International Court of Justice as well as more than 65 UN Resolutions, and violates the Fourth Geneva Convention. We demand that the state of Minnesota act on its good conscience and support the breaking of economic ties with the apartheid state of Israel.

We say, Minnesota divest from Israel Bonds, Divest for Justice in Palestine!